Last Friday I was working upstairs and I heard this whumpgallumphwhump W-H-U-U-M-M-P!!!! The greyhound completely wiped out rounding the stairs, on wood floors, just like this wee one here. Made a gash in his butt needing 3 staples. Things were completely quiet after that, I found him lying on the floor like he was unable to comprehend that the floor came up and smacked him, like, “that, that did not just happen to me!” look. He’s fine, btw.

Hi Gigi and Tracylee, the greyhound has a bony butt, I did not know how that happened either, there’s no sharp edges around but there was a gash and you could kind of see the bone. Greyhounds are pretty much skin on bone so not much protection, and their skin tears easily. Yes, he is a klutz, if I were a parent CPS would come to my house often, because it’s practically every week that I say, what’s that bruise there on his so-and-so and how did he get that? One time he whacked his tail on something sharp and was running around all happy and waggy and there was blood spray *everywhere*. He has been very patient about us tending the wound, I think it hurts him when we change bandage and poke and prod but I think he understands we have his interests at heart, he tries to be very still. When he got his staples he gave the vet a lick on the hand. I will never believe dogs are stupid and incapable of feeling happy or sad.

skippymom, there is ABSOLUTELY no arguing with your logic there. (SOMEBODY GET SKIPPYMOM A LAMB!) I love this video. I don’t have the painting in my room but I sure as heck would love to have a hippety-hopping-sliding lamb in my house.